The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) public relations office said its Aerospace Force fighters fired solid-fuel ballistic missiles at the base, destroying four important targets, including hangars housing F-35 warplanes and a command and control centre of the “child-killing U.S. army.”
The statement, citing a Quranic verse on reciprocal response, said the operation followed the IRGC Navy’s successful strikes on 21 targets at U.S. air and naval bases in the region and the downing of an MQ-9 drone over the town of Jam. It described the strikes as part of “completing the retaliatory operation” in response to continued enemy “mischief.”
“Our forces are ready to deliver a crushing and decisive response to any renewed aggression, and the consequences of any further aggression rest with the American enemy,” the statement said.
MNA
